National Film Registry 2010
December 28, 2010


1) Airplane! (1980)

2) All the President's Men (1976)

3) The Bargain (1914)

4) Cry of Jazz (1959)

5) Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (1967)

6) The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

7) The Exorcist (1973)

8) The Front Page (1931)

9) Grey Gardens (1976)

10) I Am Joaquin (1969)





11) It's a Gift (1934)

12) Let There Be Light (1946)

13) Lonesome (1928)

14) Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

15) Malcolm X (1992)

16) McCABE and Mrs. Miller (1971)

17) Newark Athlete (1891)

18) Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)

19) The Pink Panther (1964)

20) Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)





21) Saturday Night Fever (1977)

22) Study of a River (1996)

23) Tarantella (1940)

24) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

25) A Trip Down Market Street (1906)









Librarian of Congress James H. Billington selected from sundry nominees that met a certain criteria. The films had to be 10 years old and "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

The registry began in 1989 and will preserve original copies of the selected films.

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I love 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'.